3D Controllers in Marvel's The Avengers

So I went to see The Avengers the other day and caught a scene where they are in the mothership, and are entering the control bridge.  They show several 'operators' in their stations and as it pans across two stations in particular, you can get a glimpse of at least 1 of 3Dconnexion's offerings.

3D Connexion's Explorer

Subwoofer Box Design Chronicles

the culprit(s) this time: a pair of 15W0v3-4 from JL Audio

I have touched lightly on the topic of Box Builds before.  Being a lifelong musician/audiophile has its advantages and disadvantages. In my case it has been an ongoing and seemingly insatiable addiction to upgrading my sound systems in order to 'get more' out of my music.  At times the boxes have been ridiculous, at times they were cut and assembled by TJ down by the trailer park, but at the end they have all been a learning experience in sound dynamics.

Here I bring you my latest creation, starting with a simple CAD file which incorporates a few geometry constraints all the way to a finished product, with all parameters met, and installed in the intended vehicle.

5-way Terminal Cup for Subwoofer Builds (by JL Audio)

I purchased it to use on one of my boxes but then removed it when designing a new box.  Ultimately ended up taking apart the terminal assembly and measuring the parts in order to draw them more accurately.

Exploded View

Mousepad upload

Here's an upload everybody can relate to, a trusty mousepad.

Quirky Cordlets leave me hanging...

So I bought these at OfficeMax cause they looked cool.  They all ended up falling off the glue pad that it comes with.  I tried re-sticking them but they kept falling.  In the span of 24 hours 3 of the pads managed to fail.

Inventor's Society Resources 2012 Expo

Had an awesome past Saturday at the Resources 2012 Expo at the Palm Beach Convention Center.

More Info: http://www.inventorssociety.net/EXPO2012.htm

Pictures and video once they are released by the EXPO organizers.

Until next time,

Antonio Suarez

Industrial Designer

1000 Aircraft Survey Pictures

Here is a picasa album with 1000 survey pictures of different aircraft types.

Fokker 50 Interior

Mythical animals might save your day.

I got a chuckle out of this one last night while working on a client's product. I find this hilarious in 2 ways.  The first thing to note is ways in which humans cope with failure, by deflecting the feeling in a number of ways.  The second is the method which I chose to use.

What started out as a 4-legged product turned into a cute dino.

Sketching is fun, at times it can take a lot of concentration to pry one's mind off of reality and be able to fluently express one's ideas on paper.  At times one can become tunnel-minded with the drawing at hand, which can lead to some grotesque drawings or drawings which are simply not drawn right, yet are finished.  Such finished drawings are frowned upon.. as an artist one must be able to realize when the drawing goes from being 'Work in Progress' to complete and utter "Garbage".  The line is fine, is not set in stone and if you are using pencil, this line is flexible.

CRJ-100 Engineering Model

CRJeezy is in tha hizzouze...